Education

The Committee for Education met on Wednesday 11 November 2015 at 10:00am in the Senate Chamber, Parliament Buildings. The Committee considered its report on the Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill and received a Departmental briefing on the legacy costs associated with Public Private Partnerships (PPP) and Private Finance Initiative (PFI) Projects. The Committee also… Continue Reading Committee for Education Meeting – 11 November 2015

The Committee for Education received a Departmental briefing on the Shared Education Bill and considered its report on the Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill The Committee also received an oral briefing from its Special Advisor, Dr Ian Shuttleworth on Free School Meal Entitlement and school funding and a pre-legislative oral briefing from the Department… Continue Reading Committee for Education Meeting – 04 November 2015

The Committee for Education met on Wednesday 21 October 2015 and received an oral briefing from the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA) on Levels of Progression; Computer Based Assessments; and changes to GCSE and A-Level specifications. View the agenda and read the Minutes of Proceedings.

The Committee received an oral briefing from the Department of Education on its Teacher Education / Teacher Continuous Professional Development Strategy. The Committee also commenced the formal clause by clause scrutiny of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill. View the agenda.

The Committee for Education received a briefing from the Department of Education on its current Programme for Government and 2014-15 Savings Delivery Plan progress as well as its 2014-15 outturn and 2015-16 Business Plan. View the agenda and read the Minutes of Proceedings. Please note that there is no video coverage of this meeting.